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How to Get Into Asset Management: 7 Basic Skills You Need

Zee Tan

3 Aug 2024

Career Advice

This article is an excerpt from the CFA Institute's Future of Work in Investment Management Guide. A portfolio management career is highly sought after by CFA candidates and can be hard to come by. With high competition for these jobs, to better understand how to get into asset management sector, we asked human resources managers at asset management firms: what they look for in terms key skills when hiring recent graduates, whether there is a best path to landing a job in their firms. Here's ...

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Is Finance A Good Career Path?

Sophie Macon

3 Aug 2024

Career Advice

Finance is often seen as a lucrative career option, but there is more to it than money. This line of work is incredibly varied and rewarding, meaning it can appeal to many different ...

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What’s The Total CAIA Fees? A Useful Estimate

Sophie Macon

2 Aug 2024

CAIA

​Here’s a straightforward guide on all the relevant CAIA fees you really need to budget for both levels of the CAIA exams. First, we are going to look at the total cost of CAIA exams (and ...

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How to Switch Careers from Engineering to Finance

Zee Tan

1 Aug 2024

Career Advice

It’s quite common for individuals who start off as engineers to think about switching to finance. I'm one of them, by the way. Despite seemingly different disciplines, a background in engineering equips one well ...

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Study Faster: How to Finish All CFA Practice Tests by Exam Day

Zee Tan

1 Aug 2024

CFA, How To Study

So you bought a whole bunch of CFA practice tests. Are you on track to finish all of them by exam day? Our research, based on 900+ candidate experiences and results, shows why finishing ...

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CFA Exemptions: A Big Perk You Should Know

Zee Tan

1 Aug 2024

CFA, CFA Level 3

We’ve gone through the direct advantages of pursuing the CFA charter. Although there are currently no exemptions on the CFA exams itself, are you aware that the CFA Program could be getting you ...

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CFA vs CAIA: Which Is Superior? Or Do Both?

Sophie Macon

31 Jul 2024

CFA, CAIA, Career Advice, CFA Level 1, CFA Level 2, CFA Level 3

CFA and CAIA designations can appear very similar at first sight, especially since the introduction of the CFA Level 3 Specialized Pathways, as they both target investment and financial professionals. However, there are differences ...